Headband for telephone receivers



March 30",1926 V r I H. CLARKE HEADBAND FOR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS Filed Dec. 18, 1923 I "/we/rlar: I harry/fawn I fio f-lreceiver 14. I v on the opposite endbtthehead'band} v Patented Mar..30, 1926..

UNITED STATES NT OFF CE IH ARR'Y R. CLARKE, OF EAST NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WESTERN ELECTRIC 7 COMPANY, INCORPORATED, 015 NEW YORK, N.Y., A CORPORATION NEW YORK.

- I HEADBANDFOR TELEPHONE nncn'rvnns.

Application m peceniber s, 1923. fs riai 1a. 681,355.

To all whom it may oomemq Be it known that I, HARRY B. i inn in, a citizenof the United States of: Ainerica j residing at East Orange, in the county 0t 5 Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new "and useful Improvements in Headbands for Telephone ..Re-

- ceiversy of Which the following-is a full,

clear, concise, and exact description.

This invention relates to telephone head bands for supporting a receiver in operative position' to theear of the user and more particularly to a pad for. use With,-..suchj, bands adapted forthe comfort and protection of the user,

a cheap, simple and. etfioient pad which may be readily applied and adjusted into tion likely to cause discomfort by abrasion of the skin or catching in the hair of the user. In" accordance with the general fea# 'tures of this inventionuthere is-provided a pad comprising a. strip of fibrous material adapted to be slippedl'overitheheadbandin ajfolded position which Will provide the p maximum cushioning e'fiect-and at the same time 'permitof ready'adjustment. Preterably thefpadis Inade'of a-"strip otleather adapted" to be slipped over the head band in folded position and provided with looking slots and tongues for retaining itlon the;

- head bandQ 1 This "invention will be -more fully under-1 stood .by the following description and by a the claims appended hereto, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsfgin which Fig.1 is a View of a head band With a padembodying the' featuresotthis" inj I vention applied thereto :Fig; 2 is" anfiejn- 'larged perspective view f the/pad and a portion ofthe headlban'd and Fig. 31s a 3 View ofthe pad developed.

I Similar reference'characters refer to "similar parts throughout the several views. The head band,v shownin Fig. 1, consists of two parallel-serni-circularly bent spring wl'wires 10,"atone .end'offwhich is securely .12 of" the receiver yoke 13-5is' pivotally" .,mounted f to permit the adjustment of the any desired position by the user and which there is slidably mounted a pad 15, Which is preferably made-of a leather strip 16; shown! in its developed town in Fig. The st'i'i 1.6,Which-1nay be made-of any sort of pliable Y I mate-rial, yis folded in such a manner to bring the notches l 7, 18 and 19 therein in position to permit the insertion of the free end portionlof theband. The'notched end 3 v portionQO of the strip. 1 6 is passed under I the strap 21, Which 'isformed through the provisionot slots 17 and 18. The tongues 22 and123 are thenpassedunder each'Wirej 10,- as shown, forj'locking the endportion 2O of the strip 16'. With the strap 21'. The pad v 15 may then be slipped in position along The object of the invention is to provideerence to thehead ofthe user.

hat is claimed is telephone receivers offa fiexible strip folded to form a pad, and interlocking means in;, .tegrally formedwith sa d stripf for retain-- ing said padonsaid band; 1

2. The coinbinationavith a'head bandfor telephone -receiverscomprising two seinicir cularly' bent f 'sp'ring 'wiresyot a st ri pof pli-. able: material.folded'in such a manner as to 'i U ior n a padlan'd provided With a plurality. ot cooperatingslots'andi tongues formed 011;": i; said strip for; retaining said pad onsaid: band and to permit itsljadjustnient withre'fe ,erience to the users head. i j,

for'telephone res "ceivers, 'thecoinbination of axba'ndiitormedf, by a plurality ofsubstantially parallelly dis;

posed wires a strip tolded to form a pad. adjustably arrangedon one end'iot said band I and provided with interlocking slots and tonguesfor'retainingsaid pad in adjusted position Withreferenceto the receiver, said Y 8. In a. head support tongues being formed integrally With said strip.

. A. In a 1. The combination vitha headband for.

support for; telephonere ceiv'ersta head band. consisting of a piece of" metalwire bent in a; manner to form two parallel sem -circular loops, +a'leather strlp.

folded to" form 2. pad 's'lidably arrangedv .on

one end and latohinginembers integrally v H V t t i'orm-ed'with said strip to retainsaid padon mounted a bracket 11, in WhlCli, the spindle 1 at ii 

